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Daily LightDaily Light on the Daily Path: morning and evening Scripture portions
Comfort of the ScripturesA daily Scripture verse, meditation and poem
Growing in GraceA daily Bible verse and devotional
Christians Daily CalendarScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
Young Christians CalendarA daily meditation for young ChristiansScripture verses and a poem for every day of the year
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| Save with Thy right hand, and hear me. (Psa. 60:5) |
| Save with Thy right hand, and answer me. (Psa. 108:6) |
| According to Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness. (Psa. 48:10) |
| Behold the throne of grace! The promise calls me near; There Jesus shows a smiling face, And waits to answer prayer. |
| Beyond thy utmost wants His love and power can bless; To praying souls He always grants, More than they can express. |
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| Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book IT IS WRITTEN of Me. (Psa. 40:7) |
| He demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus IT IS WRITTEN by the prophet. (Matt. 2:4‑5) |
| The Son of Man goeth as IT IS WRITTEN of Him. (Matt. 26:24) |
| Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for IT IS WRITTEN, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (Matt. 26:31) |
| And said unto them, Thus IT IS WRITTEN, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day. (Luke 24:46) |
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| He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:39) |
| The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 46:11) |
| Fear not the fury of the breaking gale; The pilot is with you — He cannot fail; He who rebuked the waves can calm the soul, Dispel our fears and guide us to the goal. |
| No harm can come with Jesus at the helm; Nothing can conquer, nothing overwhelm; Then rest within His blessed will, And hear Him saying, “Peace, be still.” |
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| What doth the Lord thy God REQUIRE of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (Deut. 10:12) |
| He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord REQUIRE of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8) |
| It is REQUIRED in stewards, that a man be found faithful. (1 Cor. 4:2) |
| Lord, help us follow gladly The pathway Thou dost show, That as we yield our lives to Thee Thy fullness we may know. |
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| Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. (Matt. 22:12) |
| I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness. (Isa. 61:10) |
| All these once were sinners, defiled in His sight, Now arrayed in pure garments in praise they unite; He maketh the rebel a priest and a king; He hath bought him and taught him this new song to sing: How helpless and hopeless poor sinners had been, If He never had loved them till cleansed from their sins. |
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| The Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him. (Deut. 10:9) |
| The Lord’s portion is His people. (Deut. 32:9) |
| That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. (Eph. 1:17‑18) |
| His home made ours — His Father’s love Our heart’s full portion given, The portion of the firstborn Son, The full delight of heaven. |
| The Father’s house, the Father’s heart, All that the Son is given Made ours — the object of His love, And He, our joy in heaven. |
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| He spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one SEVEN TIMES more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (Dan. 3:19‑20,25) |
| The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified SEVEN TIMES. (Psa. 12:6) |
| SEVEN TIMES a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous judgments. (Psa. 119:164) |
| He everywhere has sway, And all things serve His might; His every act pure blessing is; His path unsullied light. |
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| Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Ex. 15:1) |
| They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. (Rev. 15:3) |
| Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly throne, While saints on earth that know His name, Their Lord and Saviour own. |
| How blest are we, who have a part In the immortal song; Wonder and joy become our heart, And praise and thanks, our tongue. |
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| Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before Thy face. (Psa. 89:14) |
| Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Psa. 85:10) |
| The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever. (Isa. 32:17) |
| Mercy and truth unite, Oh! ’tis a wondrous sight, All sights above! Jesus the curse sustains! Guilt’s bitter cup He drains! Nothing for us remains — Nothing but love. |
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| Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy RIGHT HAND. (Psa. 89:13) |
| Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy RIGHT HAND hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great. (Psa. 18:35) |
| His RIGHT HAND doth embrace me. (Song of Sol. 2:6) |
| Great God of strength and quietness, Of heights undreamed, of depths profound, Thy hand upholds in our distress; Thy shield — a protection round. |
| And Thou our God dost on us wait, Attentive to our slightest call; Thy gentleness would make us great; Thy loveliness — our all in all. |
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| The God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus … settle you. (1 Peter 5:10) |
| Continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel. (Col. 1:23) |
| Settle it therefore in your hearts. (Luke 21:14) |
| Since in Thee is our redemption, And salvation full and free, Nothing need our souls dishearten But forgetfulness of Thee: Naught can stay our steady progress; More than conquerors we shall be, If our eye, whate’er the danger, Looks to Thee, and none but Thee. |
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| I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10) |
| Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. (Lam. 3:39‑40) |
| Oh, turn now! Oh, turn now! For why will you die, When God, in great mercy, is coming so nigh? Now Jesus invites you; the Spirit says, “Come,” And angels are waiting to welcome you home. |
| How vain the delusion, that while you delay Your hearts may grow better by staying away; Come wretched, come starving, come, happy to be, While streams of salvation are flowing so free. |
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| Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:16) |
| Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow anymore at all. (Jer. 31:12) |
| And oh the grace divine that we, The sons of God, should stand All fair in Christ’s own eyes to be, In that eternal land! The recompense for weary years, For shame and toil and scorn; For depths of sorrow, bitterest tears, That fair and cloudless morn. |
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| As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Josh. 24:15) |
| That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace. (Psa. 144:12) |
| Oh happy house! and happy servitude! Early to Thee, in faith and prayer — To Thee, their friend, who from the heights of heaven Guards them with more than mother’s care; Oh happy house! where little voices Their glad hosannas love to raise, And childhood’s lisping tongue rejoices To bring new songs of love and praise. |
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| Thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have FILLED with the spirit of wisdom. (Ex. 28:3) |
| Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be FILLED. (Matt. 5:6) |
| Being FILLED with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (Phil. 1:11) |
| God’s own hand the vessel filling From the glory far above, Longing hearts forever stilling With those riches of His love. |
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| Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, He sent Him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence My son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and the inheritance shall be ours. (Mark 12:6‑7) |
| I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against Me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut Him off from the land of the living, that His name may be no more remembered. (Jer. 11:19) |
| Lord, e’en to death Thy love could go, A death of shame and loss, To vanquish for us every foe, And break the strong man’s force. |
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| This Seraiah was a quiet prince. (Jer. 51:59) |
| When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? (Job 34:29) |
| What room is there for troubled fear? I know my Lord, and He is near; And He will light my candle, so That I may see the way to go. |
| Lord, grant to me a quiet mind, That trusting Thee — for Thou art kind — I may go on without a fear, For Thou, my Lord, art always near. |
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| Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. (John 13:12‑15) |
| O Master of the loving heart, The friend of all in need, We pray that we may be like Thee In thought and word and deed. |
| Thy hand was warm with sympathy; Thy hand God’s strength revealed; Who saw Thy face or felt Thy touch Were comforted and healed. |
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| Shall the work say of Him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of Him that framed it, He had no understanding? (Isa. 29:16) |
| Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments. (Psa. 119:73) |
| I know a mender of broken hearts, And of lives that are all undone; He takes them all, as they come to Him And He loves them, every one. |
| With patience, love and skill That surpasses the knowledge of men, This master potter gathers the lost And restores to His image again. |
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| The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate. (Psa. 34:22) |
| I will abide in Thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Selah. (Psa. 61:4) |
| The golden harvest of endless joy, The joy He had sown in weeping; How can I tell the blest employ, The songs of that glorious reaping! |
| The recompense sweet, the full reward, Which the Lord His God has given; At rest beneath the wings of the Lord, At home in the courts of heaven. |
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| Give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep Thy commandments, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes. (1 Chron. 29:19) |
| Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it. (Ezra 7:10) |
| Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank. (Dan. 1:8) |
| Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. (Psa. 119:2) |
| Be Thou my object, Lord, this day, Controlling all I do or say; That through this mortal frame of mine, Thy blessed traits may ever shine! |
| Oh! fill me, Lord, with Thy deep love; Attract my mind to things above; That I a pilgrim here may be, And truly serve and follow Thee! |
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| I … have POURED OUT my soul before the Lord. (1 Sam. 1:15) |
| Drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but POURED it OUT unto the Lord. (2 Sam. 23:16) |
| There came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and POURED it ON His head. (Matt. 26:7) |
| I’d look to Him till sight endear The Saviour to my heart; To Him I look who calms my fear, Nor from Himself would part. |
| I’d look until His precious love My every thought control, Its vast constraining influence prove O’er body, spirit, soul. |
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| Sing forth the honor of His name. (Psa. 66:2) |
| Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name. (Psa. 96:8) |
| Holy and reverend is His name. (Psa. 111:9) |
| Let them praise the name of the Lord: for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psa. 148:13) |
| Sweet His name, that name transcending Every name on earth, in heaven; Praise through ages never-ending, To the Son of God be given! He alone the Saviour is; Everlasting praise be His. |
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| Having made PEACE through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself. (Col. 1:20) |
| Came and preached PEACE to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (Eph. 2:17) |
| Grace be to you, and PEACE, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 1:2) |
| The God of PEACE shall be with you. (Phil. 4:9) |
| Peace by such means so dearly bought, What rebel could have hoped to see? Peace, by his injured Sovereign wrought, His Sovereign fastened to a tree; Let them in horrid league agree! They may assault, they may distress, But cannot quench Thy love to me, Nor rob me of the Lord my peace. |
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| Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. (Mark 9:50) |
| Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col. 4:6) |
| Ah, friends! whose words today may hold Converse with many lives, Whose touch or tone or smile may thrill Sad souls with sweet surprise; Be instant, like your Lord, with love And constant as His grace, With dew and light and manna fall — The night comes on apace. |
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| Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee. (Psa. 139:12) |
| Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isa. 29:15) |
| Nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. (Luke 8:17) |
| Just on the threshold! Oh, why not come in, Leaving the mazes of darkness and sin? Forward the light and the glory divine; Backward the dangers and woes that were thine. |
| Just on the threshold, and joy near at hand; Yonder’s the gleam of Immanuel’s land! Refuge and rest are now offered to thee: Sin or salvation — oh, which shall it be? |
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| The thing that is hid bringeth He forth to light. (Job 28:11) |
| Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (1 Cor. 4:5) |
| Ye fearful saints fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. |
| Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. |
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| Ye shall stand still. (Josh. 3:8) |
| There strength is to sit still. (Isa. 30:7) |
| Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4) |
| Be still, and know that I am God. (Psa. 46:10) |
| Be still, my soul: thy God does undertake To guide the future as He has the past; Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last; Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below. |
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| I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart. (Psa. 77:6) |
| Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. (Psa. 42:8) |
| Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart. (Isa. 30:29) |
| That love is the love that bears me O’er starless deeps; That never through long night watches Slumbers nor sleeps — That filleth the lonely chambers With psalm and song, And along my journey guards me, All, all along. |